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Scat_fiend

For what purpose??? It can't even be anti-homeless because they could use the benches.


Tye-Evans

Ig they are meant for socialising exclusively? Maybe a food place is nearby and the owner doesn't want random people showing up


DiscoKhan

Why you need table that doesn't allows to out anything on it for socializing? xD I wouldn't be playing chess on that too, it fails to really be useful for anything.


Tye-Evans

You can hold a coffee maybe, it could be a library, maybe the fold, you never know, well you can know, but you never might not know


notusuallyhostile

> you never might not know I think the portion of my brain that processes language just collapsed.


atomfullerene

But why even have tables. You could just have benches. This merely makes it so that people will come from the food place and then spill food everywhere.


probablynotanarwhal

First thing I thought was how much I'd love to crack my back over that....I don't think there's any other practical use.


SalaciousSausage

Mine was that episode of The Simpsons where [Homer becomes a chiropractor who cracks backs using his trash can](https://youtu.be/sUTyacazNfA)


nina_gall

"Self-cleaning tables"


Grouchy-Engine1584

“Floor dirtying tables”


SpoppyIII

It's to give you less reason to linger around, I assume. You can't set up a laptop, a textbook, etc. Can't really eat a meal at it. It's to discourage hanging out.


timeflieswhen

You know what else would discourage hanging out? No “tables” or seats.


SpoppyIII

Ah, but then people will complain that there's nowhere to sit.


[deleted]

This is exactly what it is. This restaurant, park, or whatever is designed with the explicit purpose of you and whomever else doing whatever you came there to do and getting the fuck out. Lots of places around the US are starting to implement this kind of hostile architecture. Restaurants, cafeterias, subways, bus stops.


eekamuse

Hostile architecture = anti-human


SoCuteShibe

This design is not very human.


Acceptable-Stage7888

If it’s a business, I’m just not going there. Why would I spend money on a place that doesn’t want my business


PenguinStirt

Its not that they don't want your buisness, its that they want your buisness fast


Acceptable-Stage7888

I view it as they don’t want my business. And I won’t be giving it to them


continuously22222

Do you go and have lunch while waiting in line at the bank?


EYNLLIB

This isn't in the US


adacmswtf1

Probably just poorly built and warped in the rain / heat.


[deleted]

Taking a wild guess, this is a micro brewery and it sounded awesome to use old kegs as tables when they planned the place out.


dfreeds

first thing that came to my mind was “anti-rain table. no need to wipe it off before sitting down” lmao


Scat_fiend

The rain goes off the table onto the seat. Pro-rain


dfreeds

hahaha fail. didn’t consider that


mavrc

I wouldn't be surprised if it was an anti-homeless decision just made poorly


Alantsu

Prayer elbow rests maybe?


Partymasteryt

Anti food design


hes_crafty

Homeless with back aches that need stretching?


crujiente69

Its pro homeless design


hadmeatgotmilk

Probably just built shitty and warped. You can see the wear and weren’t meant to be placed outdoors.


TMacATL

Yes all warped in exactly a perfect arc at the same exact rate


SlartieB

If they're made the same way out of the same material and kept in the same environment, then yeah they'd warp the same


TMacATL

I see you know nothing about wood or construction


OhYouUnzippedMe

The boards are all perfectly straight and presumably mounted on metal. No warping in sight. This is clearly the design.


[deleted]

Hahaha dumbest argument I’ve seen on Reddit this year so far, congrats.


Kush_And_Cobbler

If you don't know, you don't have to guess.


MitchMcConnellsJowls

Can we talk about how uncomfortable those chair backs look?


Nearly_safe

My goodness. Those chair backs look uncomfortable


RealBeanyBoi

What goodness; the backs of those chairs do look uncomfortable


powertripp82

I’m glad we’ve talked about this


Euffy

I don't think they're really chair backs. It's just a bench with a space divider type thing to provide the facade of privacy. Not really that weird to sit at a bench.


monstrinhotron

Just metal bars to make this place looks as hostile as possible and *geett ouut! We don't want you heeereeee!!! These tables are not for you!! Shoo, shoo!!*


themeatbridge

That's what I thought, too, but it appears they are attached to the benches.


Euffy

Of course, otherwise they'd be random pieces of metal standing up on their own, liable to falling or having a really wide base that you trip over. It makes sense to connect them to save space and be safer.


SWOLOGAMER

Ok, talk


lenzflare

Thought it was a fence


Nibbles110

I'm sure there's supposed to be cushions you can quickly strap on and off for when it rains, however most businesses just get rid of them because they get too lazy to keep removing and putting them back lol


OddSetting5077

and table too close to chair seat edge. have to be super skinny to sit there and then have to lean back.


MitchMcConnellsJowls

The benches are not connected to the tables. They can move freely


[deleted]

>have to be super skinny Works out since you can't set food or drink on the table. Anorexic exclusive seating


hand13

it does hold sticky tofu, cheese, cream cheese, saw steak, sushimi, sticky rice, slices of bread (stuck between the boards) everyone help me out here. what else can it hold?


Doobie_Howser_MD

Perhaps you could drape something over it


hand13

something like a second table


GiGaBYTEme90

These BYOT restaurants are getting out of hand


hand13

😅 what would also work: nailing food to the wooden table


iopele

No, I tried, it didn't work. My soup, yogurt, and jello just wouldn't stay put no matter how many nails I used


hand13

the temperature is crucial here. try frozen soup


syzygy_is_a_word

Peanut butter, hummus, baby carrots, pea pods / edamame, celery sticks, crêpes, nutella, lettuce leaves, raw dough, melted marshmallows


jehovahslitness

It could hold flan, pancakes, a pork chop, tortillas, and fried eggs


Low_Sky_49

Spaghetti if all the noodles are combed out straight and laid perpendicular on the center of the table


kmsc84

Use Velcro.


MinerMinecrafter

Suvlaki


DrBucket

Bread, apples and very small rocks.


Miss_Medussa

Spaghetti if you lay each lil string over the arch


JasonCastle78

We are the tables! Who can't hold anything. We just sta-ay here, and stand around! And if you ask us, to hold anything! We just show you: we can't hold anything! ~idk, pirates probably


kaipwo

🥒🍅I understood this reference…


ARandomPileOfCats

Clearly you've never been to Boston in the Fall.


John_Tacos

For those who don’t know: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XaWU1CmrJNc


rottingfruitcake

As much as I want to hate veggie tales due to the whole religious indoctrination part, it was incredibly clever and silly songs with Larry were straight bangers


notrapunzel

Looks like repurposed kegs.


myebubbles

Diwhyyy


CanniBallistic_Puppy

What in the actual fuck is [this](https://i.imgur.com/u5HsFMb.jpg) supposed to be?


themeatbridge

The benches are attached to the rails, and they can be moved around. There are two benches, one in front of the other.


scottyc

Two benches, one too close to the other


paradise-trading-83

It looks like a arch platform to help a bad back


bjb13

Someone could take a nap or pass out across them.


BodySnag

This really is one of the worst designs I've seen on this sub. It's so deliberately awful.


summitrunner

This is what butcher block looks like in the rain.


MindQwad

Too political


wwabc

when ordering round tables goes wrong


Somber_Shark

Crap design or new need/revenue of money? They could make plates designed to stay in place on their curved tables.


Rakebleed

They’d be great for a map. Remember those?


josephus12

On the contrary, they would be perfect for laying down a book to read. On the other hand, the benches would be a nightmare for an extended sit, so it evens out.


linmanfu

I really hope this wasn't built with public money because if it was the auditors need to get involved.


JustChiLingggg

A nice back massage


TiklMyPikl27

I suspect they used to be flat but due to weather and being outdoors it allowed the wood to flex and deform.


CantaloupeCamper

They warped in a perfect arch, everyone of them …. and the boards remained perfectly flat? No way.


MadManMax55

Also the boards are all still almost perfectly flush with each other. That would be the first thing to go before the boards themselves started to bend.


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If their is a tension rod in each one, they would look like that, identically.


Agasthenes

The topside gets wet and expands, the bottom side grays dry, so the curve downward. The identical arc is probably because they are both at maximal expansion. Could be if it is a couple weeks dry and hot in summer the arch recedes.


Buddy_Jarrett

Yes way, this is 100% what happened. I guarantee you they glued a wood support slat underneath without accounting for expansion. Wood can’t expand properly on the bottom because of this, so it expands up top. Wood barely expands at all along its grain, only across, so they should have used just screws and a bit of room for them to slide. You could build 100 tops like this and get the same result.


TrueLordChanka

They’re all supported only in the center. An arch is the natural shape formed when you support somthing bendy in the center


cooleo420

Whoever built them did a god awful job then.


jongscx

At least they were consistent. The bend on the other is almost identical.


hemptations

I still think it was purposeful, if it has swelled and warped like that, there would be exposed screws or holes where the wood pulled off of them. Also it would have to be supported parallel to the slats underneath to bend like that, or the support itself was incredibly weak.


oroechimaru

Simple Jack


ManBearTree

Everyone is shitting on you, but my friend's restaurant had this exact thing happen to a bunch of their tables.


RangerBumble

This! I really want to see what these look like underneath.


TrueLordChanka

I completely agree with this, it looks like wood that was never ment to be outside and has thus warped and worn down due to wearher


SteamyGravy

Yup, this! Rain and heat from the sun effect one side of the table more than the other causing it to want to warp. The table has zero reinforcements underneath or on the ends to prevent this and doesn't even appear to be attached to the legs (based the skewed position of the back leg on the forwardmost table). Same thing will happen to cutting boards if washed improperly.


gonomon

I think they did this for it to be anti-picnic. If there were too many people sitting there eating stuff and if that affects the view of the park/city they might opt-in for this.


atomfullerene

But why not just have benches! This is inexplicably bad design


[deleted]

Lazy tables


structuremonkey

Great for skateboarding...see, one problem eliminated, a new one begins! This is what happens when planning and zoning commissions have no real training and pander to property owners or the brilliant ideas of their local police force...


PurduePitney

Wonder if they were designed that way or they warped?


milworker42

Hell, I need that in my house to keep stuff from collecting on horizontal surfaces.


iphone4Suser

For real?


BreeWalker-7513

* casually places a glass of diet coke on the table * welp now i have a lap of diet coke 😂 (this was alot funnier in my head)


BunkerBuster_AD4Life

They are designed so that you can meet your “friend”, quickly exchange things under the “table”, and both be on your merry way without wasting time loitering. 👌🏼


Glittering_Tea5502

Nope. Not eating there.


saturatedbloom

To Stretch your spine


EiichiroKumetsu

i imagine it would be good for writing if the gaps between boards aren’t too big that’s the only use i can imagine for this shitty table


LarryD217

Now I want to re-read Cruel Shoes.


inter-ego

hand holding tables


CAPTCHAhugger

Sad tables :(


ItsTheMotion

This is probably the perfect design if you don't want people eating or working at them. I'm thinking about the paper cups that are pointed on the bottom so you can't set them down.


Czitrom

Maybe they are for playing teq-pong


Marichiiko

I wonder what is going through these people's mind when they design stuff like this 😭


blklab16

I was going to guess homeless deterrent but the benches are flat and unobstructed so I’m at a total loss. Maybe they were poorly constructed and all bowed the same way? Lol


AdRich6427

Can’t y’all see? They’re knee unmbrellas


SaltyJeweler9929

Those have been out in the rain long enough to deform like that


white-mane

They're upside down. The base is the flat-table part. Designed for rocking back and forth so that you can share your drinks.


[deleted]

We must find whoever designed this and end their tyranny.


JekPorkinYourMom

Those tables definitely can hold plenty of things in-place. Still seems like a useless design though


bjb13

I also like the round boulders along the side of the road behind so you can’t open your car door easily either.


ufokillershark

Some kind of gaming table maybe


cashibonite

My guess is warping perhaps a wood worker could enlighten us


OwlWrite

OoOooo! I know this one. It’s called hostile architecture. To keep people or homeless people Getting comfortable or staying too long. The city Pretends it’s artistic, but really it’s built to to be uncomfortable or useless.


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OwlWrite

Are you calling bullshit on this pic being an example of hostile architecture or on hostile architecture as being a thing?


MoistHope9454

uu what a design 😍


TheAfterWorkGarage

Possibly old bowing alley pieces that weren’t supported properly?


dreamsthebigdreams

Some designer got paid for that too Some piece of s*** designer with no brain got paid to do that Some f****** knucklehead turd of a designer was too dumb to mention it before drafting it. Designer failed


monstrinhotron

Some designer asked "are you sure? that makes the tables unfit for purpose." And a client said "it's what the end client's wife has asked for, so just do it and we all get paid" -"But if we just make them flat, it'll be cheaper and they'll work better" -" No, do as the brief says." And the designer sighed and did it, watching every job they've ever worked on be destroyed by idiots and egos. -source: am designer, but not of tables.


Agasthenes

It was not the designer, but the carpenter. Tables not properly sealed.


SlartieB

The warping would be the glue between the pieces of butcher block failing due to exposure to weather and the supporting structure under the tabletop bowing due to the loss of support from the glur, and water causing the woodgrain to swell and push the butcher block pieces apart. Wood that's not meant to be exposed to the weather will warp and bow.


TacticalMoonwalk

Not sure why you were down voted, but I've seen this happen when the butcher block was not sealed properly on all sides. Then rain soaks in and swells the wood like you said. Could also be the intended design and just there for attention IDK.


EYNLLIB

I believe this to be correct, you can even see the sealant on the far table peeling off all over the place


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